Ukrainian farmers are completing sunseed harvesting.
As of October 31, sunseed was gathered from 5490.5 thousand ha or 93% of the intended area (5916.2 thousand ha), up by 11.8% YoY (4909 thousand ha). Farmers obtained 12023.3 KMT of sunseed with the average yields of 2.19 MT/ha, which is all-time high for Ukraine. In 2015 farmers gathered 10416 KMT of sunseed with the average yields of 2.12 MT/ha.
Soybean has been gathered from 1591.7 thousand ha, which is 87% of the intended 1837.1 thousand ha. Farmers harvested 3483.5 KMT of soybean with the average yield of 2.19 MT/ha. This year’s productivity is higher than record high in 2014/2015 marketing year – 2.16 MT/ha. (UkrAgroConsult/Business World Magazine)
